Like the song lyrics say, the cat came back.

I have previously posted fotos of my sister's cat, Shadow. A couple days ago, I was considering a final post in tribute to her.

I guess this post is more of a celebration in her honor because she disappeared for 7 whole days and miraculously returned! For some cats this may not be a problem. But, she is 12+ years old and ailing. As I mentioned before, my sister has been giving her fluids with a needle everyday. She just got a checkup at the vet a couple weeks ago and he says thanks to good care, she should live many more months.

Well, since she started life as a stray, she enjoys the outdoors. Plus, she prefers going outside to using her litterbox. She went out the door one evening last week and never came home.

My sister was concerned and eventually we expected the worst. Since she has kidney disease, perhaps instinct forced her away to die alone. There were many questions and confusion because she does not really act sick, and she had never left for an extended period before.

Much rejoicing occured when she was meowing on the front step after one week of absence! She lost some weight, presumably due to dehydration, but otherwise no worse for the wear.




Of course, she won't live forever (unfortunately, none of us do!), but euthanizing her will be easier than not knowing what happened during her final days.